I’m going to list a few obvious statements, what we all know already, but in the face of weight loss diets, fads and being so frustrated and fed up with failed attempts, we tend to lose sight of: Food is our body’s fuel We need food to lose weight healthily Restrictive diets and starvation are [...]

I don’t know about you but I am a penny-saving, deal-finding, sale-busting queen. If there is a sale or a deal on you will prob find me there. I pride myself on being able to find the cheapest quotes, fees and costs… and then being able to brag about it later, like when I found [...]

Recently I have been hearing and reading a lot about not going out to restaurants to eat out.  Mainly to save some money but more importantly because you don’t know what ingredients are going into your meals and they always seem so large and you feel like you have to eat every last bite.  So [...]

On the Today Show they did a segment called, “Lose Weight While You Sleep?”.  Could this really have any validity? It sounded too good to be true.  I was interested and had to find out more. Glamour magazine tested 7 women to see whether by getting more zZz’s they will lose weight.  They brought Glamour [...]

Many people around the world are not aware that obesity and weight gain are linked to cancer.  CNN reported on a survey “Cancer Related Beliefs and Behaviours” where 40,000 people were interviewed in 39 different countries, finding that the people that are most at risk from cancer downplay their own risks.  The survey found that [...]

On the Today Show they did a segment called “Does Love Make You Fat?” Well with a title like that, of course I was curious and had to watch it. They brought on a dietician who backed up the statement by talking about an interesting study.  Men on average that have been married for over [...]

This is an age old debate that has been around for a while, can fast food restaurants be blamed for obesity?  Fast food joints seem to pop up everywhere and sometimes it is hard to decide what you want because there is so much variety.  But could it be that the closer  you live or [...]